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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806858003321

Autore

McLellan Janet <1952->

Titolo

Many petals of the lotus : five Asian Buddhist communities in Toronto / / Janet McLellan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1999

©1999

ISBN

0-8020-8225-4

1-282-03696-3

9786612036965

1-4426-7699-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WebbSidney <1859-1947.>

WebbBeatrice <1858-1943.>

MichalosAlex C

PoffDeborah C

Disciplina

917.13541044

Soggetti

Asians - Ontario - Toronto

Buddhists - Ontario - Toronto

Livres numeriques.

e-books.

Electronic books.

Toronto (Ont.) Social life and customs

Toronto (Ont.) Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Overview of Buddhist groups in Toronto -- Japanese Canadians and Toronto Buddhist Church -- Tibetan Buddhists in Toronto -- Vietnamese Buddhists in Toronto -- Cambodian Buddhists in Toronto -- Chinese Buddhists in Toronto -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"Toronto sustains a remarkable variety of distinct Buddhist communities. Over sixty Buddhist temples and associations represent a diversity of ethnic, national, and linguistic identities. Here, for the first time, is a rigorous, richly detailed, comparative examination of several



groups within five Asian Buddhist communities: Japanese-Canadian, Tibetan, Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Chinese." "With an intimate knowledge of her subject matter, McLellan documents each group's establishment in Canada, and the specific shape of that group's practice today. She examines how innovative forms of worship and ritual services developed from the groups' confrontation with Canadian social attitudes, constraints, and policies, and how transplantation acts as a catalyst for alterations in gender roles for both Sangha (ordained clergy) and laity."--Jacket.